LEADER 03851nam 22005415 450 001 9910350351603321 005 20200630122116.0 010 $a981-13-7318-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-13-7318-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000008525927 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-13-7318-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5776226 035 $a(PPN)236519883 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008525927 100 $a20190517d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTargeting Chitin-containing Organisms /$fedited by Qing Yang, Tamo Fukamizo 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (VIII, 292 p. 65 illus., 26 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology,$x0065-2598 ;$v1142 311 $a981-13-7317-5 327 $aAn Introduction to the book -- Chitin: structure, chemistry & biology -- Chitin prevalence and function in bacteria, fungi and protists -- Immune responses of mammals and plants to chitin-containing pathogens -- Chitin organizing and modifying enzymes and proteins involved in remodeling of the insect cuticle -- Chitin-active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases -- Bacterial Chitinase System as a Model of Chitin Biodegradation -- Chitin synthesis and degradation in fungi: biology and enzymes -- Chitin in Arthropods: Biosynthesis, Modification and Metabolism -- Nematode chitin and application -- Human Chitinases: Structure, Function and Inhibitor Discovery -- Chitin/chitosan-active enzymes involved in plant-microbe interactions -- Chitinous structures as potential targets for insect pest control. 330 $a This book provides a comprehensive overview of chitin biology and chitin metabolism related enzymes. Chitin, the second most abundant biopolymer in nature after to cellulose, is a linear biopolymer composed of ?-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), and an essential component in the exoskeletons of insects, mites, ticks and crustaceans, the egg shells of parasitic nematodes, and fungal cell walls. Although some chitin-containing organisms are a threat to human health, food safety and agricultural production, non-chitin containing organisms like humans, mammals and plants have an innate immune response to these hazardous organisms. The book provides researchers and students with information on the recent research advances concerning the biology of chitin-containing organisms as well as cross-talks between chitin-containing and non-chitin-containing organisms. Highlighting chitin remodeling enzymes and inhibitors, it also offers drug developers essential insights into designing specific molecules for the control of hazardous chitin-containing organisms. . 410 0$aAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology,$x0065-2598 ;$v1142 606 $aBiochemistry 606 $aPharmacology 606 $aEntomology 606 $aBiochemistry, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L14005 606 $aPharmacology/Toxicology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/B21007 606 $aEntomology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L25090 615 0$aBiochemistry. 615 0$aPharmacology. 615 0$aEntomology. 615 14$aBiochemistry, general. 615 24$aPharmacology/Toxicology. 615 24$aEntomology. 676 $a572 702 $aYang$b Qing$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aFukamizo$b Tamo$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910350351603321 996 $aTargeting Chitin-containing Organisms$92184157 997 $aUNINA